ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,948, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to ALPS ALPINE Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Control apparatus" was invented by Toshiki Nakamura (Miyagi, Japan) and Makoto Abe (Miyagi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control apparatus includes a selection input unit for receiving a selection operation to select either a first or second operation target provided in a vehicle as an operation target; an operation input unit for receiving an operation input for operating the operation target; and a control unit for operating the operation target according to either one of a first operation input that operates the operation target only while the operati...